(Q53739)
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De casibus virorum illustrium
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
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Contemporary bindings (Binding)--England--15th century
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Manuscripts, Renaissance--California--Berkeley
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Manuscripts, English--California--Berkeley
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Manuscrits de la Renaissance--Californie--Berkeley
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Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375--Translations into English--Early works to 1800
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Manuscrits anglais--Californie--Berkeley
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approximately 1480.
15. century
1480Gregorian
1480Gregorian
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Extent: 206 leaves : paper ; 388 x 275 (277 x 215) mm bound to 393 x 278 mm
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Extent: 1 microfilm reel : negative (BOX 729:6) & positive (BANC MS UCB 75 FILM)
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negative (BOX 729:6) & positive (BANC MS UCB 75 FILM)
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From the collections of the Rev. Richard Farmer, Richard Heber, Sir Thomas Phillipps, F. Fenwick, L.W. Hodson (bookplate), Sir Sidney Cockerell, and John Gribbel.
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Manuscript codex.
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Title devised by cataloger.
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Collation: Paper, fol. ii (modern paper) + 206 + ii (modern paper); 18 ( -3) 2-36 48 ( -4) 5-78 88 ( -2) 9-268 278 ( -1); catchwords at the end of each quire; quires signed a-z, &, [abbr. for "con"?], AA-BB; quires also numbered, last leaf verso, i-xxvi
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Layout: Written in 2 columns of 42 lines, each column containing 6 stanzas of 7-line rime-royal verse; outer bounding lines ruled in hard point.
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Script: Written in a semi-cursive script mainly by one hand; fol. 96, written in a second hand and pasted to a stub, evidently as a contemporary correction of an excised original.
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Decoration: 2- to 3-line initials in blue with red pen-flourishing; paraphs at beginning of each stanza in alternating red and blue; marginal notations with alternating red and blue paraphs.
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Binding: 17th or 18th cent. Leather rebacking over original oak boards lacking outer cover and paste-downs. Top cover has been reattached several times, including recently.
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Origin: Written in England, approximately 1480.
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Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, MS UCB 75.
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Former shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley, 2MS PQ4274 D285 1480.
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20 September 2024
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20 September 2024
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